And guess what? "Annoying Orange" (7:30 p.m. June 11, Cartoon Network; 2 stars out of 4) is just as obnoxious as the title claims. But that doesn't mean it's not occasionally funny. I chuckled at least twice during the premiere.

Dane Boedigheimer, creator of the original web series, co-created the TV series with Tom Sheppard and The Collective using the Syncro-Vox animation technique popularized by Conan O'Brien (human mouth on an inanimate object).

The obnoxious piece of produce in the title irritates the heck out of his fruity friends--including level-headed Pear, possible gal-pal Passion Fruit, goody-goody Apple, upbeat Marshmallow and Orange's nemesis Grapefruit--with bad puns and other kitchen/supermarket/anywhere-they-roam carnage. Cartoon Network promises Orange and the fruit-stand gang will venture from the prehistoric era to colonial times during the season.

The TV series introduces a new human character, Nerville (played by YouTube star Toby Turner), the owner of the fruit stand where Orange and his fruit salad of friends live.

In the premiere, Orange--or "Captain Blood Orange"--and friends are pirates taking on carts of veggies and eventually a group of creepy corn-on-the-cobs. You'll "ear" a lot of "Children of the Corn" type jokes.

"Orange" you glad I didn't do puns throughout this review? Yes? Maybe you won't want to watch "Annoying Orange."

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The father of a 20-year-old Carol Stream, Ill., woman who drowned at Indiana's Porter Beach on Friday night identified her body Sunday afternoon after a rescue team pulled her from Lake Michigan, authorities said.

Clayton Richard pitched six innings of one-run ball and hit an RBI double Sunday as the Cubs held on for a 4-3 victory over the Brewers. Closer Hector Rondon allowed three hits in the ninth before retiring Logan Schafer on a line drive to center field with the tying run at second to end the game....